Keido Shuichiro's eyes widened.
"They're already at the gate?"
"Yes!"
"Useless!"
Keido Shuichiro pushed Sato Kyuichi aside and rushed out of the office, wanting to see for himself at the main gate.
He had originally thought that Jiang Shenya and Wang Xiaoming would at least injure or even kill one of them. He had even considered the possibility that they would clash and then separate without a clear victor.
But he never expected Jiang Shenya to be captured alive. After all, based on his understanding of Jiang Shenya, he was somewhat capable and definitely strong in preserving his own safety.
You're a guy with strong survival skills, why would you be captured alive!
Keido Shuichiro really wanted to curse, but his first priority now was to check on Jiang Shenya's condition. If he was seriously injured, he could find a way to kill him during treatment. If he was healthy, he would have to warn him not to say things he shouldn't.
He still wanted to use the power of GHQ to achieve his goals, so he couldn't afford to be kicked out by them, especially since being kicked out would basically mean his life was in danger.
After all, he knew too much. Either work for GHQ, or die.
702. Keido Shuichiro's Fear
When Keido Shuichiro arrived at the base's main gate, he saw Colonel John personally welcoming the returning Ultimate Roar team.
Wang Xiaoming grabbed Jiang Shenya's head and jumped down from the first Ultimate Roar, then threw Jiang Shenya in front of John.
"This is the guy, Jiang Shenya, who established that so-called Funeral Parlor and used its manpower to cause chaos in Tokyo."
"Oh? This is the one?"
John looked at Jiang Shenya with an interested smile.
"Well then, I'll take this one. Captain Wang, I'll report your merits to the General."
Although John was now Wang Xiaoming's man, he still had to put on a show in front of outsiders, pretending to be all business with Wang Xiaoming.
"Thank you very much, Colonel John."
"You're welcome. I look forward to your future performance. This time, wiping out the Funeral Parlor and capturing its leader alive, I think that's enough for you to be promoted to Major."
Colonel John said, instructing his men to escort Jiang Shenya towards the headquarters' interior.
Seeing John taking Jiang Shenya into the base, Keido Shuichiro hurried over, smiling obsequiously at Colonel John.
"Colonel John, this is that terrorist who came out of District 24, right? He's injured like this. Leave him to us. We guarantee he'll be jumping around in a few days, ready for you to question at will."
Keido Shuichiro pretended to be thinking of Colonel John's best interests, especially since he was the director of the Void Genome Research Institute, and his Antibody Unit was responsible for dealing with those who came out of District 24, either by arresting them or bringing them back for research.
Jiang Shenya came from District 24, so he could be defined as a suspected virus infection. As long as he was a virus infection, his Antibody Unit could take over.
Once he took over, wouldn't he, Keido Shuichiro, have the final say?
However, the answer he expected didn't come.
"Director Keido, don't you think you're interfering too much?"
John looked at Keido Shuichiro with a smile, saying something that left him completely bewildered.
"Colonel John?"
"Didn't you hear me clearly? I said you're being too nosy."
"This..."
"This is the person the General wants. We'll handle it ourselves. As for your Antibody Unit, they don't need to do anything. They can stay where they are."
"But Colonel John, in terms of epidemic prevention, we're the professionals."
Keido Shuichiro tried to salvage the situation.
"Oh? Are you questioning the General's orders?"
Colonel John narrowed his eyes and looked coldly at Keido Shuichiro. This time, even if Keido Shuichiro wanted to fight for it, he didn't dare to say anything more.
"I understand."
Keido Shuichiro lowered his head and retreated.
"Director Keido, I need you to understand one thing."
Colonel John put his hands in his pockets, looking down on Keido Shuichiro very naturally.
"The reason you are Director Keido is because we, GHQ, let you be the director. If you feel you're not doing a good enough job in this position, you can say it directly and openly, and I'll help the General find someone else to be the director. You do have some research achievements in Void Genomes, but that's not a reason for you to think you're great. As long as we have enough data, we can get many of the same results by replacing you. Do you understand what I'm saying?"
"I understand."
Keido Shuichiro lowered his head even further.
In the entire plot, the role played by Keido Shuichiro is the most ridiculous. As a Japanese, after researching the Apocalypse Virus and even indirectly causing the Apocalypse Virus to break out, leading to the large-scale death of humans around the world, he was recruited by GHQ because he had experience in researching the virus. However, after being recruited, he had always looked down on GHQ in his heart, just because he relied on his experience in researching the Apocalypse Virus.
You must know that GHQ was established by the United States. How could they really allow you to have such an attitude? You're courting death.
Now that Wang Xiaoming exists, and Wang Xiaoming is a perfect test subject, and even a very powerful researcher, Keido Shuichiro's status has plummeted.
In John's opinion, even if he wasn't Wang Xiaoming's man, Keido Shuichiro should be smarter now and not take the initiative to cause trouble. But Keido Shuichiro actually took the initiative to come up and try to cause trouble. His brain is too stupid.
However, Wang Xiaoming didn't let him target Keido Shuichiro, but only forbade any research room or the people under the research room from contacting Jiang Shenya. Therefore, Colonel John warned Keido Shuichiro before taking Jiang Shenya away.
And all of this was what Wang Xiaoming asked him to do.
After all, Wang Xiaoming saw the cooperation between Keido Shuichiro and Jiang Shenya in its entirety. They conspired loudly in front of Wang Xiaoming, and Wang Xiaoming knew all the details very clearly.
Now, capturing Jiang Shenya is not only to make Jiang Shenya his virus receiver, but also to push Keido Shuichiro to a dead end. He won't let Jiang Shenya die, nor will he let Keido Shuichiro die. He will force Keido Shuichiro to find the Gravedigger.
If Wang Xiaoming knew the Gravedigger's name, he would definitely come and challenge him directly whenever he was free. As long as the other party was in this world, he would definitely be able to drag him over.
But Wang Xiaoming really doesn't remember the other party's name. Who knows what the name of this supporting character with so few appearances is? Wang Xiaoming doesn't even remember the names of the classmates around Ouma Shu.
So Wang Xiaoming chose to let Keido Shuichiro find the Gravedigger. After all, they are collaborators, and the Gravedigger is still counting on Keido Shuichiro to help him complete this fourth apocalypse.
So, what needs to be done next is to make Keido Shuichiro nervous to the point of despair.
Wang Xiaoming looked at Keido Shuichiro's nervous appearance, didn't say anything, just smiled at him, but this smile was just seen by Keido Shuichiro.
So, the already nervous Keido Shuichiro became even more nervous.
"Why is he smiling at me? What does he mean? Could it be that he knows about me asking Jiang Shenya to kill him?"
"No, Jiang Shenya should know that this kind of thing can't be said. If he says it, he's dead, so he probably hasn't said it yet. But why is he smiling at me!"
Kusakabe Shūichirō muttered to himself, then looked at Jiang Shenya being carried away.
"No matter what, tonight, before he wakes up, I must kill Jiang Shenya, I must!"
703. Public Execution
"Damn bastard! Useless! Why didn't you die!"
Back in his office, Kusakabe Shūichirō angrily slammed his desk. Although the appropriate angry reaction at this time would be to smash things on the floor, this was GHQ territory. If he made too much noise, it would attract unnecessary attention, so he could only sacrifice his right hand to vent his anger.
Retracting his right hand, which was burning with pain from the excessive force, Kusakabe Shūichirō looked at Shūichi Satō in front of him.
"Where is that guy being held?"
As Kusakabe Shūichirō's confidant, Shūichi Satō knew many things. He even covered for Kusakabe Shūichirō when he went to District 24 to find Jiang Shenya.
"Director, Jiang Shenya is being held in the GHQ soldiers' dormitory."
"Hmm? The soldiers' dormitory? He wasn't taken to the hospital?"
"Yes, they weren't taken to the hospital. I went to great lengths to find out that Jiang Shenya is being held in the dormitory, and in the Roaring Squad's dormitory at that."
"The Roaring Squad?"
Kusakabe Shūichirō was shocked. Jiang Shenya was a prisoner. You're using a staff dormitory to hold a prisoner? Are you sure you're detaining a prisoner and not recruiting a soldier?
Kusakabe Shūichirō really wanted to curse. How was he supposed to get someone out of a staff dormitory? Forget rescuing him, even assassination would be difficult!
Anyone who could carry out an assassination in a staff dormitory would obviously be an inside agent. He would be the first to be suspected. He only proactively asked for Jiang Shenya after he was locked up. Wasn't that just admitting guilt!
"Damn it! Damnable!"
The furious Kusakabe Shūichirō sacrificed his right hand again, slapping it on the desk. The burning sensation spread across his entire right palm once more.
Because Jiang Shenya was locked up, and in a staff dormitory at that, with only one doctor assigned to him, Kusakabe Shūichirō had no chance to get close.
This made him very anxious. Unable to think of a solution, he began to consider contacting his mysterious partner from back then, the gravedigger who was always watching the world from the shadows.
Meanwhile, on Jiang Shenya's side, Wang Xiaoming was making good progress.
After Jiang Shenya was brought back, Wang Xiaoming immediately began to study his body. As an Adam candidate, Jiang Shenya could accommodate the power of the Void, and he did indeed do so later, feigning death and becoming the final boss.
Therefore, Wang Xiaoming directly had Colonel John convert the staff dormitory next to his into a temporary laboratory, then drew blood for research. Jiang Shenya became Wang Xiaoming's research material.
And the result of the research was that Jiang Shenya's compatibility was extremely high!
"This is the research data for Subject 1. You can take a look."
Carrying Jiang Shenya's research data, Wang Xiaoming arrived at Major General Yang's office and shared the data with Major General Yang and Colonel John. Although Wang Xiaoming controlled them with illusions, their essence hadn't changed much. He had only added the authority to obey Wang Xiaoming in their eyes. Other than that, they still did what they were supposed to do, such as controlling Japan and figuring out how to control the Void Gene.
So, after Wang Xiaoming reported to them, they immediately became excited.
"I didn't expect that besides Major Wang, there would be a second person with such a high compatibility."
"That's right. Although not as good as Major Wang, this compatibility is already perfect for human experiments."
Because Jiang Shenya was captured, Wang Xiaoming had been promoted from lieutenant to major.
"That's right, he can already undergo human experiments, but I suggest temporarily not conducting human experiments on him."
"Oh? Why?"
Colonel John asked, puzzled.
"Because there are two more perfectly compatible people in Funeral Parlor."
Jiang Shenya's compatibility was high, but he was ultimately just an Adam candidate. The real Adam was Ouma Shu, and Yuzuriha Inori was a replica of Mana, a perfect match for Eve.
"There are two more?"
The joy on Major General Yang's face was almost overflowing.
"Major Wang, which two are they? I'll send people to sweep District 24 right now and capture them!"
"No need. Jiang Shenya has already been captured. If we go looking for them now, they'll only hide. We don't need to actively look for them. They'll come to us on their own."
"Oh? How so?"
Wang Xiaoming smiled slightly.
"Have you heard of public execution?"
"Ah?"
Wang Xiaoming told the two his plan. Jiang Shenya was the leader of Funeral Parlor, and also a Japanese person. Although Funeral Parlor had suffered heavy losses, the real main force actually hadn't suffered much loss. For example, Yuzuriha Inori, Ouma Shu, Ayase, Tsugumi, these were the main force of Funeral Parlor. As for the others, they were just ordinary people, without any special skills. To put it bluntly, they were just cannon fodder.
So, as long as GHQ announced that Jiang Shenya would be publicly executed, the people of Funeral Parlor would definitely take the bait.
Moreover, GHQ needed to be a little arrogant, having the Japanese people come to watch in a public setting. And his side shouldn't even send up many Ultimate Roars, just making a statement: Hurry up and raid the execution ground! Your boss is waiting for you here!
As soon as Funeral Parlor appeared, GHQ could arrest them. No matter who it was, capturing one would be a gain. Tsugumi was a very strong computer genius. Wouldn't it be good to take her in and have her work? And Ayase, why would a talented pilot follow terrorists for no reason? Are you also a Gundam?
As for Yuzuriha Inori and Ouma Shu, their fate, of course, would be the same as Jiang Shenya's, becoming recipients of the Void Gene.
"Major Wang, your idea is good, but the problem is, what if they really get rescued if we only send out so few soldiers?"
Although Major General Yang obeyed Wang Xiaoming's orders, he still had his own concerns.
"That's right. Even if we can ignore those Japanese people, if there are too many Japanese people, even if we kill them, our operation will be very difficult. After all, too many people will hinder our actions."
Colonel John also expressed his concerns.
"I've certainly considered this point as well. Solving this problem is very simple."
Wang Xiaoming directly formed hand seals in front of Major General Yang and Colonel John. A shadow clone appeared beside Wang Xiaoming. The shadow clone then formed hand seals, transforming into Jiang Shenya's appearance.
"Wouldn't it be fine as long as we don't really release Experiment Subject 1?"
Ninjutsu, it has to be said, is really damn convenient at times.
"I see, as expected of Major Wang!"
Major General Yang and Colonel John were directly stunned by the ability Wang Xiaoming displayed. They only translated and clapped their hands in praise after being stunned for a full ten seconds.
